Andre M. Carrington

Speculative Blackness

The Future of Race in Science Fiction

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Produktbeschreibung

Andre M. Carrington analyzes the highly racialized genre ofspeculative fiction-including science fiction, fantasy, and utopian works,along with their fan cultures-to illustrate the relationship between genreconventions in media and the meanings ascribed to blackness in the popularimagination. Speculative Blackness

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780816678969
• ISBN-10: 0816678960
• Artikelnr.: 44139994

Autorenporträt

AndrÉ M. Carrington is assistant professor of English at Drexel University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction: The Whiteness of Science Fiction and the Speculative Fiction
of Blackness
1. Josh Brandon’s Blues: Inventing the Black Fan
2. Space Race Woman: Lieutenant Uhura beyond the Bridge
3. The Immortal Storm: Permutations of Race in Marvel Comics
4. Controversy and Crossover in Milestone Media’s Icon
5. The Golden Ghetto and the Glittering Parentheses: The Once and Future
Benjamin Sisko
6. Dreaming in Color: Racial Revisions in Fan Fiction
Coda
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index